Driver for Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane - downloading and installing it

Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1F45; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane driver. The archive contains version 12.11.95.0 dated 2014-03-06 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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2. How to install Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection I354 2.5 GbE Backplane driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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